The brake override system, which stops the car from acceleration if there is any pressure on the brake, will be applied eventually across the entire model range, Toyota officials said.

Toyota's recall notice, filed Wednesday, said the number of affected vehicles is 4.26 million produced as of Nov. 15, a figure that could increase as Toyota will have to fix vehicles it sells through at least Dec. 31.

Toyota will begin notifying customers in late December, but will not complete the notification until June.

The Japanese automaker has been under enormous pressure to respond to hundreds of reports of unintended acceleration of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the United States in recent years.

AP said that affected models included "2007-10 model year Camry, 2005-10 Toyota Avalon, 2004-09 Prius, 2005-10 Toyota Tacoma, 2007-10 Toyota Tundra, 2007-10 Lexus ES350 and 2006-10 Lexus IS250/350."

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Toyota will repair the pedals as well as install brake override systems in some vehicles.

If you own a Toyota, you'll want to know which vehicles are affected. Toyota is recalling the 2007 to 2010 Camry, the 2005 to 2010 Avalon, the 2004 to 2009 Prius, the 2005 to 2010 Tundra, the 20017 to 2010 Lexus ES 350, the 2006 to 2010 Lexus IS 250, and the 2006 to 2010 Lexus IS 350.

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NHTSA said Toyota plans to reconfigure the accelerator pedal, and in some cases the shape of the floor surface under the pedal, to address the risk of pedal entrapment due to floor mat interference, particularly with regard to inappropriate or improperly attached floor mats. At the same time, Toyota will develop replacement pedals for these vehicles, which will become available for some models in April 2010. Toyota will provide owners with the new pedal, when it becomes available, even if the vehicle has already received the modified pedal under the recall.

In addition, vehicles with any genuine Toyota or Lexus accessory all-weather floor mats will be provided with newly-designed replacement driver- and front-passenger side all-weather mats.

NHTSA also said that Toyota will, in addition to these announced vehicle-based remedies, install a brake override system on the involved Camry, Avalon and Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 models as an extra measure of confidence. The brake override system would ensure the vehicle would stop if both the brake and the accelerator pedals are simultaneously applied. NHTSA is particularly pleased that Toyota is taking this additional step.

NHTSA said that Toyota intends to notify vehicle owners on a rolling basis, starting with owners of the ES 350, Camry, and Avalon vehicles. While awaiting Toyota's notification, NHTSA urges owners to remove all removable driver's side floor mats and not replace them until their vehicles have received the remedies being provided by Toyota. Toyota will begin making the necessary fixes to the recalled vehicles beginning early in 2010, perhaps in January. Initially, Toyota dealers will be instructed on how to reshape existing accelerator pedals. Later, replacement accelerator pedals will be available for installation on vehicles not yet remedied or, if the owner so chooses, even to replace the modified pedals.

For more information, consumers are urged to contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331 or the NHTSA hotline at 1-888-327-4236.

Contact: Karen Aldana Telephone: (202) 366-9550

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